Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US) to act in a ‘smart’ manner.

1972		E. Grogan Ringolevio 30: Listen, schoolboy, don’t go wise-assin’ with us.
1994		C. Payne posting on ‘WU-FTPD Discussion Mailing List’ at Landfield.com 21 Dec. 🌐 Not to wise-ass your wise-ass, but did you use a Pentium to count the number of commands, or what?